“Within a month we had a 100 testers using the application. And within 3 months of releasing the app in the US we helped users cross over 200,000 streets.”
This is the phenomenal story of a few engineers who came together to help a friend. A friend who is blind.
You see one day their friend was complaining that he wished he had a way to be able to navigate intersections. Pedestrian signals work for those who can see, not for those who are visually impaired.
That’s when Willem Van de Mierop and his friends decided to dive into this and see if they could develop an app that could use AI and a smartphone’s back camera to recognize pedestrian signals.
Pretty cool huh?
Well if the technology itself doesn’t interest you, other things in this conversation will surprise you. For example, did you know:
-NY City lost a $1 billion dollar lawsuit to increase accessibility of the city or the visually impaired?
-It cost $64k to equip intersections with audible speakers for the blind? -Sometimes it makes sense to leave the European market in favor of the US market?
Hear this fascinating story of the creation of the OKO app.
Past Guests:
----
Past guests include Valentin Radu (Omniconvert), Eva Vucheva (Impakt_ID), Irina Obushtarova (The Recursive), Evelina Necula (Kinderpedia), Yannick Veys (Hypefury)
-----
Most downloaded episodes you might enjoy:
#99 Maximizing Customer Lifetime Value
#45 Brand design for your Startup in 5 minutes
#42 Top Startup in Europe for E-commerce: OptiMonk
#28 Trailblazing discoveries in Gene Editing Solutions
#23 Mindletic: a mental gym for your emotional balance with Ieva Vaitkevičiūtė
***
CONNECT
website: www.ayes.ai
Innovators Can Laugh website
📬 Subscribe to the ICL newsletter
🤗 Connect with Eric on LinkedIn
***
SAY THANKS
💜 Leave a review
